Annual Evidence Update on Obesity: 20-24 April 2009

An update of the evidence on this topic from the National Library for Public Health.

The National Library for Public Health is updating last year's Obesity Annual Evidence Update focussing on the same topic of Childhood Obesity: Surveillance and Prevention. There has been a lot of new evidence published in these areas, especially in regards to prevention in terms of diet, physical activity, and protection due to breast feeding and early childhood health and diet. The National Obesity Observatory have reviewed the evidence and written summaries about what this means for current programmes and schemes such as the National Childhood Measurement Programme.

Find out more at http://www.library.nhs.uk/publichealth.

Annual Evidence Update on Acupuncture: 20-24 April 2009

An update of the evidence on this topic from the NLH Complementary and Alternative Medicine Specialist Library.

The Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Specialist Library will present an Annual Evidence Update (AEU) on Acupuncture from 20 April. The Library has carried out a comprehensive search of a number of databases and used strict selection criteria for the identified studies, in order to base the annual update on the best current evidence available. This update will provide a summary of systematic reviews, large RCTs and other relevant studies published in the twelve months since the 2008 AEU on Acupuncture.

Find out more at http://www.library.nhs.uk/cam.